Hij kwam net als o.a. Sheryl Crow, Nada Surf en The Kooks voorbij in One Tree Hill, hij schreef voor Kelly Clarkson en werkt nu met de producer van Kings Of Leon en Norah Jones. Michael Logen te gast aan de onttbijtafel bij Voor KX Gaat De Zon Op.
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BLENDING ELEMENTS OF FOLK AND POP, MICHAEL'S MUSIC INTERTWINES THE POETRY AND LYRICAL DEPTH OF THE FOLK TRADITION WITH THE INFECTIOUS "MELODIES AND SUBTLE GROOVES OF A POP SINGER/SONGWRITER.
IN TOURING, MICHAEL HAS OPENED FOR JOHN LEGEND, JONNY LANG, INDIA.ARIE, SISTER HAZEL AND MAT KEARNEY.
HIS SONGS HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON MULTIPLE HIT TV SHOWS INCLUDING ABC'S "ONE TREE HILL," "SWITCHED AT BIRTH" AND "KYLE XY", NBC'S "PARENTHOOD," AND MTV'S "REAL WORLD".
WHILE WRITING ALL OF HIS OWN MATERIAL, MICHAEL'S SONGS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECORDED BY A DIVERSE GROUP OF ARTISTS INCLUDING KELLY CLARKSON (RECORDED "BREAKING YOUR OWN HEART" ON HER TOP 5 BILLBOARD ALBUM "STRONGER" WITH RCA RECORDS) // MAT KEARNEY (RECORDED "CITY OF BLACK AND WHITE" ON HIS ALBUM "CITY OF BLACK AND WHITE" WITH AWARE RECORDS) // WONDERLAND (FIRST HIT SINGLE "NOTHING MOVES ME ANYMORE" ON MERCURY RECORDS UK) // WILL HOGE (RECORDED "GOODNIGHT/GOODBYE" ON ALBUM "THE WRECKAGE" FOR RYKODISC RECORDS // BRANDON HEATH (RECORDED "IT'S ALRIGHT" ON ALBUM "LEAVING EDEN" FOR REUNION RECORDS // GRAMMY NOMINATED THE GREENCARDS (RECORDED "SAID AND DONE" ON "THE BRICK ALBUM" FOR DUALTONE RECORDS FEATURING VINCE GILL AND SAM BUSH) AS WELL AS WILL HOGE, POINT OF GRACE, JIMMY RANKIN, GORDIE SAMPSON AND MANY OTHERS.
PERSONAL HISTORY
GROWING UP IN A MENNONITE COMMUNITY IN LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, MICHAEL LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR, PIANO AND HARMONICA IN LIVING ROOM JAM SESSIONS WITH HIS DAD AND OLDER BROTHER PLAYING OLD TOM PAXTON AND JOHNNY CASH SONGS. HE STARTED WRITING WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, AT THE AGE OF 17, MICHAEL SPENT A YEAR TOURING IN THE US AND CANADA BEFORE HEADING TO NASHVILLE TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY AND STUDY MUSIC AND AFTER GRADUATION, HE TOURED THROUGH SPAIN, ITALY AND FRANCE WHERE HE WROTE MANY OF THE SONGS THAT WOULD BECOME HIS DEBUT ALBUM"
MICHAEL IS NOW BACK IN THE STUDIO WRITING AND WORKING WITH GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER JACQUIRE KING (KINGS OF LEON, NORAH JONES, TOM WAITS, MODEST MOUSE), WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM AND GEARING UP TO HIT THE ROAD AGAIN THIS SUMMER INCLUDING DATES WITH JOHNNY LANG AND SISTER HAZEL.
